i dont mind the corkboard really as much as the yellow, not that it would stop me from visiting the site because im determined at diy but it just feels too bright and heavy on the eyes with the already white forum background for posts, anything that is a darker colour. i wouldn't know what forum service you use but i know that some have a setting where you can create custom forum colors for users and they can customize it in their own user profile with hosts like phpbb so that way the main layout stays the same. thanks for answering